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<p class="toc level1 tocsp"><a href="gexaf.html">Preface</a></p>
<p class="toc level1 tocsp"><a href="gfirp.html">Part&nbsp;I&nbsp;Introduction</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bnaaw.html">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;Overview</a></p>
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<p class="toc level3"><a href="">Java EE 6 Platform Highlights</a></p>
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<p class="toc level3"><a href="bnaax.html">Java EE Application Model</a></p>
<p class="toc level3"><a href="bnaay.html">Distributed Multitiered Applications</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnaay.html#bnaba">Security</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnaay.html#bnabb">Java EE Components</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnaay.html#bnabc">Java EE Clients</a></p>
<p class="toc level5"><a href="bnaay.html#bnabd">Web Clients</a></p>
<p class="toc level5"><a href="bnaay.html#bnabf">Application Clients</a></p>
<p class="toc level5"><a href="bnaay.html#bnabe">Applets</a></p>
<p class="toc level5"><a href="bnaay.html#bnabg">The JavaBeans Component Architecture</a></p>
<p class="toc level5"><a href="bnaay.html#bnabh">Java EE Server Communications</a></p>
<p class="toc level4 tocsp"><a href="bnaay.html#bnabj">Web Components</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnaay.html#bnabk">Business Components</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnaay.html#bnabl">Enterprise Information System Tier</a></p>
<p class="toc level3 tocsp"><a href="bnabo.html">Java EE Containers</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnabo.html#bnabp">Container Services</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnabo.html#bnabq">Container Types</a></p>
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<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnabs.html#bnabv">WSDL Standard Format</a></p>
<p class="toc level3 tocsp"><a href="bnabx.html">Java EE Application Assembly and Deployment</a></p>
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<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnaca.html#bnacb">Java EE Product Provider</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnaca.html#bnacc">Tool Provider</a></p>
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<p class="toc level5"><a href="bnaca.html#bnace">Enterprise Bean Developer</a></p>
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<p class="toc level3 tocsp"><a href="bnacj.html">Java EE 6 APIs</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnacj.html#bnacl">Enterprise JavaBeans Technology</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnacj.html#bnacm">Java Servlet Technology</a></p>
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<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnacj.html#bnaco">JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnacj.html#bnadb">Java Persistence API</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnacj.html#bnacr">Java Transaction API</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnacj.html#girbt">Java API for RESTful Web Services</a></p>
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<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnacj.html#gjxvo">Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE Platform (JSR 299)</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnacj.html#gjxvg">Dependency Injection for Java (JSR 330)</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnacj.html#gjxty">Bean Validation</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnacj.html#bnacq">Java Message Service API</a></p>
<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnacj.html#bnacz">Java EE Connector Architecture</a></p>
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<p class="toc level4"><a href="bnacj.html#girgp">Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers</a></p>
<p class="toc level3 tocsp"><a href="girdr.html">Java EE 6 APIs in the Java Platform, Standard Edition 6.0</a></p>
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<p class="toc level4"><a href="girdr.html#bnadc">Java Naming and Directory Interface API</a></p>
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<p class="toc level2 tocsp"><a href="gfiud.html">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;Using the Tutorial Examples</a></p>
<p class="toc level1 tocsp"><a href="bnadp.html">Part&nbsp;II&nbsp;The Web Tier</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bnadr.html">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;Getting Started with Web Applications</a></p>
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<p class="toc level2"><a href="giepx.html">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;Introduction to Facelets</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gjddd.html">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;Expression Language</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bnaqz.html">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;Using JavaServer Faces Technology in Web Pages</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gjcut.html">8.&nbsp;&nbsp;Using Converters, Listeners, and Validators</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bnatx.html">9.&nbsp;&nbsp;Developing with JavaServer Faces Technology</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gkmaa.html">10.&nbsp;&nbsp;JavaServer Faces Technology Advanced Concepts</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bnawo.html">11.&nbsp;&nbsp;Configuring JavaServer Faces Applications</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gkiow.html">12.&nbsp;&nbsp;Using Ajax with JavaServer Faces Technology</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gkhxa.html">13.&nbsp;&nbsp;Advanced Composite Components</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bnavg.html">14.&nbsp;&nbsp;Creating Custom UI Components</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bnafd.html">15.&nbsp;&nbsp;Java Servlet Technology</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bnaxu.html">16.&nbsp;&nbsp;Internationalizing and Localizing Web Applications</a></p>
<p class="toc level1 tocsp"><a href="bnayk.html">Part&nbsp;III&nbsp;Web Services</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gijti.html">17.&nbsp;&nbsp;Introduction to Web Services</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bnayl.html">18.&nbsp;&nbsp;Building Web Services with JAX-WS</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="giepu.html">19.&nbsp;&nbsp;Building RESTful Web Services with JAX-RS</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gjjxe.html">20.&nbsp;&nbsp;Advanced JAX-RS Features</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gkojl.html">21.&nbsp;&nbsp;Running the Advanced JAX-RS Example Application</a></p>
<p class="toc level1 tocsp"><a href="bnblr.html">Part&nbsp;IV&nbsp;Enterprise Beans</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gijsz.html">22.&nbsp;&nbsp;Enterprise Beans</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gijre.html">23.&nbsp;&nbsp;Getting Started with Enterprise Beans</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gijrb.html">24.&nbsp;&nbsp;Running the Enterprise Bean Examples</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bnbpk.html">25.&nbsp;&nbsp;A Message-Driven Bean Example</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gkcqz.html">26.&nbsp;&nbsp;Using the Embedded Enterprise Bean Container</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gkidz.html">27.&nbsp;&nbsp;Using Asynchronous Method Invocation in Session Beans</a></p>
<p class="toc level1 tocsp"><a href="gjbnr.html">Part&nbsp;V&nbsp;Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE Platform</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="giwhb.html">28.&nbsp;&nbsp;Introduction to Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE Platform</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gjbls.html">29.&nbsp;&nbsp;Running the Basic Contexts and Dependency Injection Examples</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gjehi.html">30.&nbsp;&nbsp;Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE Platform: Advanced Topics</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gkhre.html">31.&nbsp;&nbsp;Running the Advanced Contexts and Dependency Injection Examples</a></p>
<p class="toc level1 tocsp"><a href="bnbpy.html">Part&nbsp;VI&nbsp;Persistence</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bnbpz.html">32.&nbsp;&nbsp;Introduction to the Java Persistence API</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gijst.html">33.&nbsp;&nbsp;Running the Persistence Examples</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bnbtg.html">34.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Java Persistence Query Language</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gjitv.html">35.&nbsp;&nbsp;Using the Criteria API to Create Queries</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gkjiq.html">36.&nbsp;&nbsp;Creating and Using String-Based Criteria Queries</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gkjjf.html">37.&nbsp;&nbsp;Controlling Concurrent Access to Entity Data with Locking</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gkjia.html">38.&nbsp;&nbsp;Improving the Performance of Java Persistence API Applications By Setting a Second-Level Cache</a></p>
<p class="toc level1 tocsp"><a href="gijrp.html">Part&nbsp;VII&nbsp;Security</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bnbwj.html">39.&nbsp;&nbsp;Introduction to Security in the Java EE Platform</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bncas.html">40.&nbsp;&nbsp;Getting Started Securing Web Applications</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bnbyk.html">41.&nbsp;&nbsp;Getting Started Securing Enterprise Applications</a></p>
<p class="toc level1 tocsp"><a href="gijue.html">Part&nbsp;VIII&nbsp;Java EE Supporting Technologies</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gijto.html">42.&nbsp;&nbsp;Introduction to Java EE Supporting Technologies</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bncih.html">43.&nbsp;&nbsp;Transactions</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bncjh.html">44.&nbsp;&nbsp;Resource Connections</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bncdq.html">45.&nbsp;&nbsp;Java Message Service Concepts</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="bncgv.html">46.&nbsp;&nbsp;Java Message Service Examples</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gkahp.html">47.&nbsp;&nbsp;Advanced Bean Validation Concepts and Examples</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gkeed.html">48.&nbsp;&nbsp;Using Java EE Interceptors</a></p>
<p class="toc level1 tocsp"><a href="gkgjw.html">Part&nbsp;IX&nbsp;Case Studies</a></p>
<p class="toc level2"><a href="gkaee.html">49.&nbsp;&nbsp;Duke's Tutoring Case Study Example</a></p>
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<a name="giqvh"></a><h2>Java EE 6 Platform Highlights</h2>
<p><a name="indexterm-3"></a>The most important goal of the Java EE 6 platform is to simplify
development by providing a common foundation for the various kinds of components in
the Java EE platform. Developers benefit from productivity improvements with more annotations and less
XML configuration, more Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs), and simplified packaging. The Java
EE 6 platform includes the following new features:</p>


<ul><li><p>Profiles: configurations of the Java EE platform targeted at specific classes of applications. Specifically, the Java EE 6 platform introduces a lightweight Web Profile targeted at next-generation web applications, as well as a Full Profile that contains all Java EE technologies and provides the full power of the Java EE 6 platform for enterprise applications.</p>

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<ul><li><p>Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS)</p>

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<li><p>Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE Platform (JSR 299), informally known as CDI</p>

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<li><p>Bean Validation (JSR 303)</p>

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<li><p>Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers (JASPIC)</p>

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<li><p>New features for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) components (see <a href="bnacj.html#bnacl">Enterprise JavaBeans Technology</a> for details)</p>

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<li><p>New features for servlets (see <a href="bnacj.html#bnacm">Java Servlet Technology</a> for details)</p>

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